gib Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 I put together some photos and observations of mine about the Leica IIIf. see:----> http://www.wjgibson.ca/LeicIIIf.htm Some of the information I garnered from some kind assistance from members of this community. Special thanks to Paul Hart who sent me a manual. Any corrections, or suggestions for improvement are welcome. I will likely put in a smal diagram of the cut leader for information value. I have built this one page as a model for other pages I will be building over the remainder of this first half of the year. Thanks for stopping by the page, if you have time. Regards, Bill Gibson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkv Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Nice presentation, sober and clear. Personaly, the only change I would make is to separate the page in two or three different succeeding pages so the viewer does not need to scroll up and down. That's what I do on my website... And thanks for the content, I learned a lot on this camera ;-) Lenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul hart Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Been looking for that manual for months...;-) Helpful page on the nicest looking camera Leica ever made. I wish they still made them so small and light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d._p.1 Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Beautiful images of (and from) a beautiful camera, congratulations! As to the pictures taken with the elmar, I would like to read info on the film, aperture, exposure time you used. Also curious to see what the lens does wide open, close focus, with a portrait for instance. In short, the "bokeh"-thing... A sharp picture taken hand held at some of the longer shutter speeds would complete the portrait of your camera. <br><br>cheers, d.p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordi_rosales Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 - Bill, is your IIIf not rather a IIIg ? with its selftimer on the front side? what is the difference between the two models besides selftimer? and why are the prices of IIIg twice or thrice (!) the prices oft the IIIf? Your page is nice indeed and interesting. My IIIf/elmar 3,5 (without selftimer) is indeed a compact and beautiful timeless camera which I can put in my pocket without being incomodated. screw-mounts have indeed a complicated model-name. One has to know the entire "Geschichte der Leitz-Camera" to have some idea. - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_lofquist Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 The self timers were on the later red dial IIIf and IIId, in addition to the IIIg. (The IIIg is slightly larger and has a rather distinctive rangefinder/viewfinder housing.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gib Posted March 18, 2004 Author Share Posted March 18, 2004 Acc. to Ivor Mantanle's book Collecting and Using Classic Cameras, my camera is an f not a g. The IIIg has different shutter speeds range (the so-called "modern" progression of 1/30th, 1/60th, 1/125th, 1/250th, 1/500th, 1/1000th) and has a built-in brightlines for 90mm and 50mm lenses. On the front of the body, you see 4 windows (2 round, 1 square). The RD IIIf has 1/25th, 1/50th, 1/75th, 1/100th, 1/200th, 1/500th, 1/1000th. Has just 50mm viewfinder. On the front of the body, you see three windows (2 round, 1 square). I dont know why the IIIg is more valued, perhaps the added viewfinder frameline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gib Posted March 18, 2004 Author Share Posted March 18, 2004 whoops IIIg .... On the front of the body, you see 4 windows (2 round, 1 square). should read 2 square Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gib Posted March 18, 2004 Author Share Posted March 18, 2004 <p> that should be "Ivor Matanle" <p> (I used to be a perfectionist but I wasn't very good at it, so I had to give it up.) <p> BG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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